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Thursday, 2nd August 2007

News Headlines

Richard Clarke: Computers are best friend of progress, and security its worst enemy

The former US federal counterterrorism advisor tells security pros at the Black Hat USA conference that continuing to build more of the global economy on cyberspace as it exists today is dangerous business. ... Read More >>

	Apple issues giant patch; fixes iPhone at eleventh hour
	Microsoft releases Mac-friendly tools for Vista, Office 2007
	Google wary of behavioral targeting in online ads
	Teachers call for closure of YouTube
	Salesforce.com CEO selling off 20,000 shares per day
	Alcatel-Lucent's quarterly results are down
	HMV sells off Japanese business
	Network gear makers battle for fewer orders
	DRM will not die

Most read articles

Operating Systems
Court ruling supports claims that Microsoft's first OS was stolen
A book that calls DOS a "rip off" of CP/M is legally protected opinion under the First Amendment, in part because it's based on some facts not generally in dispute, a judge rules.

Hardware
Company sues Sony, wants PlayStation 3s 'Impounded and destroyed'
Parallel Processing says the cell processor developed by Sony, Toshiba, and IBM violates its patent for 'synchronised parallel processing with shared memory.'

Security
Risk management system busts data skimming ring
Four men have pleaded guilty to using phony point-of-sale PIN-pad terminals to steal customers' data and passwords and then defraud stores..

Mobility
Cisco identifies mobile working psyche
Many businesses are in danger of bungling mobile working initiatives through poor management, a failure to communicate adequately and the recruitment of " inappropriate personalities", according to new research commissioned by Cisco.

Internet
Second Life casino owner left scrambling after gambling ban
The Second Life entrepreneur complains that Linden Lab was happy to take his money for months after the US banned Internet gambling. And then Linden Lab shut the casinos down abruptly Wednesday.

Events

Event Name	Location	Date
CRN Breakfast Briefing - Virtual Storage	The Vibe Hotel, Milsons Point, Sydney	08/08/2007
CRN NetSeminar - Evolving Malware and Mobile Threats	Online	29/08/2007
Break into Enterprise Business Intelligence	Saxons Training Facilities, Sydney	09/08/2007
Break into Business Intelligence	Saxons Training Facilities, Melbourne (new site)	07/08/2007
Navigating Unified Communications	Sydney (Sheraton on the Park), Melbourne (The Langham Hotel), Adelaide (The Richmond)	21/08/2007

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